Canadian manufacturer's.

[u/Maximum-Turnip-5042]

This post is intended for an educational purpose especially to all those who think buying canadian or semi automatic, or even a tactical mixup would be great.

Oh boy, where to start this regretful dread of a post. Secondly, im just a young male who likes target shooting, not a hunting guy.

Bought a Crux 308 from crusader arms back in q4 2023 after it debut in the summer that year (i believe). Fired less than 60 shots at the time and had to send it in for ejector failure around Q2 2024, got it back around 8 weeks later (warped barrel, ejector swapped, and some other stuff, just the 2 that stood out to me especially after 60 rounds).

After I got it back I maybe fired 100 rounds though the gun but i had to take a year off shooting to focus on some other personal matters.

Anyways fast forward to yesterday, around 12 -15 months since I last shot it, I didnt even break 50 rounds till the ejector failed again and was stuck shut with a dead round as well.

I baby the absolute hell out of this rifle pre/post shooting so having it happen around 250 (at most) since the first is remarkable bad craftsmanship. And to top it off i immediately searched it up and see it's this guns biggest flaw.

With the pictures above would someone be able to help identify that part name and how to go forward about this. I'd like to avoid getting this rifle converted to a trophy on the wall. I have once again started an email with crusader but with how the time frame looks im not optimistic. Im also going to a gunsmith on Tuesday hoping something can be done too.

But for a closing statement to all the new PAL users, please avoid canadian made. I adore my rifle but If I could I'd go back and not buy this.

[u/Datlimetho]

Did you just admit to committing a crime ?

[u/AdeptArt → u/Datlimetho]

Crusader releases a lot of their stuff without an FRT (since firearms made in canada don’t require an FRT IIRC if they are otherwise compliant with the law). Do you have an FRT #?

[u/Elbro_16 → u/AdeptArt]

It’s a variant of a ar180

[u/AdeptArt → u/Elbro_16]

https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaguns/comments/1hcmuuh/comment/meu19qv/

[u/Elbro_16 → u/AdeptArt]

So why not submit it for frt if it’s not a ar180 variant? Pretty sure it was advertised as such

[u/AdeptArt → u/Elbro_16]

You don’t have to submit firearms for FRT if they were manufactured in canada. You can just sell them without one if it’s otherwise legal. Why go through the trouble?

Now I’m not saying the templar is legal but on the flip side you’re just saying it’s illegal based on your own opinion. The determination of whether something is a variant or not is not up to randos on reddit. Otherwise would you say the Makasi is a variant? It’s not up to you or me to make the call.

[u/Elbro_16 → u/AdeptArt]

I’m saying it was marketed as a ar180b, ar180b and variants are OIC’d. just because the rcmp didn’t officially classify it leaves it In a grey area. I’m pretty sure people have asked crusader about it and they’ve said themselves it’s a ar180

[u/AdeptArt → u/Elbro_16]

Right, but Crusader also said the crypto was "not an AR", and that got them nowhere. So its clear that what the manufacturer states is not the only thing taken into consideration when determining whether or not something is a variant, right?

edit: Look my point is just that this whole system makes little sense and neither does the classification of variants. So we can’t know for sure. I’m not advocating for someone taking their templar and crux out to the range without contacting a lawyer or the CFO for themselves to verify.

[u/GodsGiftToWrenching → u/AdeptArt]

The Cringesader Templar is a short stroke piston rotating bolt design derives from the AR 180 platform. Like the WK series and the BCL it was banned as a variant of the 180. While cringesader advertised it at it's own thing like they did the crypto that is probabky partly what hot it banned. The sterling R9 was advertised as an alternate to their sterling .223 rifle (cant remember the name but it was also banned by extension as it was a variant of the ar 180) so since it was advertised as an alternate option to a banned rifle it also got banned... we have the most arbitrary pick and choose gun laws and I abhor it